CASA AMADEO

Opened in 1941 by Victoria and Rafael Hernández as Casa Hernandez, Casa Amadeo is recognized as the oldest Latino music store in New York. Rafael has been called one of Latin America's greatest composers. Victoria, Rafael's sister, was a pianist and one of Latin music's first female entrepreneurs. In 1969, they sold the store to Mike Amadeo, a musician and composer who has sustained Casa Amadeo as an important gathering place for musicians and a treasure house of Latin music.